As the U.S. Federal Reserve considers new ways of reining in banks’ trading in what it sees as risky physical commodity markets, Wall Street’s two oldest and biggest players may ultimately gain in stature.
Thanks to a longstanding legal exemption that Fed officials say limits their regulatory capacity, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs may yet emerge from the regulatory upheaval that is upending banks’ commodities trading better-off than their peers, who face potentially tougher new rules………………………………………..Full Article: Source